Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for refining search results
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Application No.: US13686783Application Date: 2012-11-27
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Publication No.: US09858314B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Dhruv A. Bhatt , Kristin E. McNeil , Nita Patel
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for refining search results is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search query comprising one or more keywords, generating a first search result comprising one or more first search result members according to the search query, accepting a refinement command identifying one or more undesired first search result members, automatically refining the first search result to exclude the undesired first search result members and first search result members related to the undesired first search result members from the first search result, and providing the automatically refined search result.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140149389A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFINING SEARCH RESULTS Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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